Chapter 28: The Five Great and Three Rough

  As soon as "Tian Xia Ren Jian" appeared in the world, it immediately killed many leading figures of the righteous path, and the evil sects also regained their momentum. The two paths of righteousness and evil were once again evenly matched.

  The old devil with the ultimate skill of 'the world's people' was disillusioned with the world and passed on his divine powers to a disciple named Xie Jia'er before disappearing.

  Xie Jia'er's innate talent was even higher than that of his master. After mastering the "Tian Xia Ren Jian" technique, he spent over a hundred years in seclusion to perfect it, ultimately increasing its power by 50%. He also renamed this divine ability as: Tian Shang Ren Jian!

  The evil path has become powerful, and the righteous path has naturally suffered greatly. Many predecessors have died at the hands of Xie Jiaer, and the orthodox sects have been beaten to the point where they are powerless to fight back.

  As the situation gradually worsened, the Orthodox sects began to retreat and hide in the mountains, just like the evil sects did in the past. They collectively allocated resources and cultivated their best disciples. The thirteen most powerful door sects went all out, using every means possible, including brainwashing and transmitting their powers, to cultivate thirteen masters who broke through the Xian stage, seven-step repairmen, and immortals!

  However, these thirteen masters were all 'induced' to emerge, with extremely thick true yuan, but their Taoist skills and divine powers were generally ordinary. In battle, they often relied on brute force to win, hence the name 'Barbarian Thirteen'.

  Strictly speaking, Man Thirteen seems to have broken through the Xianyao realm, but his true yuan is not cultivated by himself, and his understanding of the Heavenly Way is far from enough. Therefore, he can only be considered as above the Xianyao realm, but still far from reaching the Chang'e realm.

  Zhengdao's endurance lasted for over 500 years. Finally, in the imperial city of the previous dynasty, Man Thirteen launched a surprise attack on Xie Jiaer, the leader of the evil path. The battle was so intense that no one understood what happened, and the entire imperial city, along with everything within an 800-mile radius, was reduced to ashes. In the end, Man Thirteen returned alive, while Xie Jiaer was defeated, his body and spirit completely destroyed, not even leaving behind a single bone fragment.

  Liang Xin was slightly surprised to hear this and asked, "Xie Jia'er was so formidable, yet he couldn't even take down a scapegoat before his death? And Man Thirteen is still alive?"

  Before Qingmo could speak, the gourd let out a cold hum: "Do you think that as cultivators we should be fighting like ordinary people? Struggling to kill one person with our lives on the line? It's obvious that apart from their individual strength, the Thirteen Savages must also have a powerful joint attack formation. In a fierce battle, either all thirteen of them will fall, or all thirteen of them will emerge victorious - there is no third option!"

  This war left thirteen people seriously injured, but they all survived. In the next hundred years, the evil sect was leaderless, and the righteous path launched a major counterattack, ultimately thoroughly defeating the evil sect. One by one, the evil sects were exterminated, and almost all the people in the evil sect were beheaded and killed, leaving only some shrimp soldiers and crab generals who changed their names and hid, no longer posing a threat.

  For ordinary people, this battle between good and evil was even more terrifying than the flood beasts. First, the imperial city was destroyed, followed by the devastation of various state capitals, and the entire Central Plains fell into a long period of chaos, until over 300 years ago, when Liang Yi and Er assisted Hong Tai Zu in pacifying the world, and it finally stabilized again.

  Liang Xin had long heard rumors of 'gods fighting and mortals suffering', but never thought that, compared to mortals, just a small group of cultivators, once they started making trouble, could really make the heavens change color and turn the vast fertile land into a human purgatory!

  Qingmo understood Liang Xin's meaning, and smiled helplessly, but didn't explain much. Instead, he continued: "Between the righteous and evil paths, from accumulated resentment to fierce battles, it has been repeated for thousands of years. In the end, the righteous path won a bitter victory, establishing the current situation of the Cultivation Path. It can be said that in the future, the world will become more peaceful!"

  In the final fierce battle, although the evil path was completely destroyed, the nearly fatal counterattack also caused heavy casualties among the righteous Taoist cultivators. The Thirteen, who were originally severely injured and difficult to heal, were targeted by the enemy as a key target, with nine people dying in battle, leaving only four survivors. The small sects of the righteous path are not worth mentioning, and even five of the thirteen largest sects were destroyed by the evil path.

  The devastating war has ended for over 400 years, and the True Way of Cultivation has been restored to its former glory, recovering a lot of its original energy. Now, among the eight major sects that were left from back then, the True Way of Cultivation is still at the pinnacle of supremacy.

  Among the eight schools of Men, there are five monastic schools and three laymen schools. At this point, Qingmo suddenly chuckled: "These five Taoist schools and three secular schools are also called 'Five Big Three Rough' by some scattered practitioners, easy to remember!"

  Liáng Xīn burst out laughing and continued to ask, "Then you, Donghai Gan, should be considered one of the top among the Five Rough and Unrefined?"

  It turned out that Qingmo shook his head: "Donghai Qian is not among the top five in terms of strength."

  Liáng Xīn was taken aback and involuntarily widened his eyes: "Isn't Donghai Qian the top-notch Cultivation Sect?"

  Qingmo continued to shake his head: "Donghai Qian is indeed a top-notch cultivator, but this top-notch refers to being exceptional among mortals. The 'Five Great and Three Coarse' have been in hiding since the great war and will not easily show their faces unless there is a major event in the cultivation world."

  And the "Five Great and Three Rough" also formed a single entity, advancing and retreating together, each sending out an elder to form an elder council called "One Line Heaven".

  The five major and three minor sects have retreated but not disappeared, 'Yi Xian Tian' is their representative in the cultivation world. If there are any issues with various sects, one can go to Yi Xian Tian for arbitration. If something big really happens, Yi Xian Tian will send a message to the eight major sects behind him and intervene at any time.

  However, for these hundreds of years, the world has been at peace, and the Heavenly Emperor rarely issued any decrees. The Eight Great Gates had never once taken action.

  As for the still active Xiu Zhen Men sects in the mortal world, there are nine sects with relatively strong strength, self-proclaimed as "Nine Nine Return to One", meaning that these nine sects all listen to the command of Tianyi, showing their respect and admiration for the 'Five Great and Three Coarse'.

  Donghai Qian is one of the 'Nine Nine Return to One' sects, while Zhuli Daochang is inferior to them by a level and can only be considered a second-rate sect.

  Liáng Xīn basically understood that the highest in Xiūzhēn Dào is 'Five Greats and Three Coarses', below which is a 'First Line Heaven' used as a mouthpiece, next is 'Ninety-Nine Returns to One', and finally are the second-rate and third-rate Xiūzhēn schools.

  Hulu listened with a cold sweat, if it weren't for the presence of the two young men, he would have already started counting on his fingers...

  It's also worth mentioning that after thousands of years of struggle between good and evil, there was only one time when they put aside their differences and joined forces to fight together. That was 700 years ago, when they collaborated to annihilate the Ice Origin Evil Sect Moro Temple, which had obtained the "Linglong Jade Box".

  Although the Molo Temple was classified as an evil sect, it was a gate sect on the extreme north ice field and had never been in contact with the Central Plains. It also had no connection with the evil factions of the Central Plains. The cultivation method of the Molo Temple was unique and although it was only a small gate sect with a few hundred people, its strength was astonishingly high. Moreover, it occupied a strategic location, making it impossible to eradicate without deploying heavy troops.

  From the Central Plains to the Ice Fields, the journey is long and arduous. In order to avoid mutual slaughter and loss of strength along the way, the Orthodox and Evil factions have temporarily formed an alliance to jointly eliminate the Mora Institution, and then rely on their respective strengths to compete for the Jade Box.

  In the end, after a fierce and bloody battle, the Moro Temple was left with nothing but dead bodies, while the exquisite jade box fell into unknown hands.

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  In the following days, Liang Xintu's progress in his Heart Method was quite smooth, but what made him even more delighted was his own improvement in his rubbing and long boxing skills. Every day, he would exchange moves with Tianyuan, those goblins fought without any techniques or rules, their claws, mouths, buttocks, and tails were all used to attack the enemy.

  From start to finish, Liang Xin was beaten by them until he cried out in pain, never having won once, but gradually losing so miserably...

  Qu Qingmo watched Liang Xin practice his skills with relish every day, but he himself was very bored. He spent his days entwined with the demon king's calabaza, also wanting to learn a set of skills for himself.

  The Demon King was overwhelmed, and had to resort to his old tricks again. He went into the mountains to find a hidden cave, where Xiaoyao had previously laid down the foundation for her Water Flow technique. This time, Hulu was looking for a Water Flow formation... Not long after, he finally found another technique, but this time it wasn't a blank book. The technique had a name: "Embroidered Water"

  Qing Mo Da Le, Xiu Shui this name, and Qing Yi's 'Xiu Chun Dao' have a few similarities, and she is considered to be destined.

  Almost every three to five months, Qu Qing Shi or Liu Yi would come to the mountain to visit each other. In order to avoid suspicion, they never entered the mountain together.

  No matter who comes, after seeing Liang Xin, in addition to talking about some external news, they will also take out a few cases that they have handled and put forward clues and conditions, forcing Liang Xin to 'crack the case'.

  The rivers and lakes are turbulent again, but a few thoughts are always good. Liang Xin understands that the two brothers deliberately cultivate him, and he also learns with extra effort.

  Compared to ordinary people, Liang Xin is not particularly clever, but his mind is still quite agile, at least he didn't disappoint Qu and Liu's efforts...

  The great mountain is clear and peaceful, the sun and moon are light and swift, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye. The days have been spent in stability and comfort, and the only thing that can be considered a big deal is that at the end of the third year, Feng Xi Xi woke up from the seal, but the little ghost did not stay for a few days, instead he was busy urging the gourd to take him to the Yin eye of Kunai Mountain to cultivate.

  Yin eyes are where the evil energy in the mountains condenses, and they have a great nourishing effect on the small ghosts of Yin burial bodies. However, this place is extremely dangerous, and without the help of gourds, it's impossible to get there just by relying on wind and habit.

  Qu Qingmo transformed from a little girl to a slender young lady, but her appearance hadn't changed much, still with a round face and round eyes, a plump and rosy doll-like face. Liang Xin, on the other hand, had become a sturdy young man, tanned darkly because of his martial arts training, but his eyes were clear and bright, while his other facial features were just average.

  The Yupei left in his body, the True Yuan of the Earth Element, had already been refined by him for half. Liang Xin's current cultivation, according to Yao Wang Hu Lu's estimation, was roughly between that of a second-step cultivator and a third-step cultivator.

  The Demon King Gourd was quite satisfied with Liang Xin's progress and felt that his teachings were effective.

  However, refining the True Origin for his own use was going smoothly, but Liang Xin's cultivation still encountered trouble.